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authorSam James <sam@gentoo.org>2021-12-02 01:36:34 +0000
committerSam James <sam@gentoo.org>2021-12-02 01:36:34 +0000
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2021-08-24-eudev-retirement: mention options for disabling "predictable naming"
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/827937 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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@@ -23,13 +23,25 @@ in order for Portage to replace eudev with sys-fs/udev once the
package.mask is in place. We fully support udev on musl, whereas uclibc
will still have to rely on eudev before also being removed on 2022-01-01.
- **WARNING**
+ **WARNING 1**
If you happen to have an INSTALL_MASK with a blanket "*systemd*" glob,
you will inevitably break your system. sys-fs/udev contains "systemd" in
some of its filenames, hence a blanket filter rule will likely lead to
a non-functional udev installation.
+
+ **WARNING 2**
+
+If you DO NOT want the "predictable interface naming" of newer versions
+of udev and instead prefer the old style (e.g. "eth0"), there are several
+options available.
+
+The simplest is to pass 'net.ifnames=0' on the kernel command line.
+
+See the wiki for more information:
+https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Udev#Optional:_Disable_or_override_predictable_network_interface_naming.
+
Rationale
The integration of udev into the systemd git repo introduced numerous